The winners of two races for Onondaga County Legislature likely won't be decided until suitcases full of absentee ballots are counted.

The race for legislative District 9 (Syracuse's East side and parts of downtown) between Democrat Peggy Chase and Republican Bob Andrews has Chase winning. But it's just by 177 votes. As of Tuesday night, there were 197 absentee ballots in that district.

The race for District 7 (includes Eastwood and part of DeWitt) between Republican Danny Liedka and Democrat Lorene Dadey is also too close to call. Liedka is winning by 73 votes. There are 277 absentee ballots in that district.

It's likely the number of absentee ballots will grow, according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections. Ballots have to be post-marked Nov. 4, but they aren't opened until Nov. 14.